Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 4 — Retention of communications data
(e)
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concerned leaves the postal service concerned or (if
earlier) the day on which the data is changed,”,
for section 87(4) there were substituted—
“(4)
(f)
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A retention notice must not require an operator who provides a
postal service (“the network operator”) to retain data which—
(a) relates to the use of a postal service provided by another
postal operator in relation to the postal service of the
network operator,
(b) is (or is capable of being) processed by the network
operator as a result of being comprised in, included as
part of, attached to or logically associated with a
communication transmitted by means of the postal
service of the network operator as a result of the use
mentioned in paragraph (a),
(c) is not needed by the network operator for the
functioning of the network operator’s postal service in
relation to that communication, and
(d) is not retained or used by the network operator for any
other lawful purpose,
and which it is reasonably practicable to separate from other
data which is subject to the notice.”, and
in section 87(11), the words from “and this expression” to the end were
omitted.
Extra-territorial application of Part 4
(1)
A retention notice, and any requirement or restriction imposed by virtue of a
retention notice or by section 92, 93 or 95(1) to (3), may relate to conduct outside
the United Kingdom and persons outside the United Kingdom.
(2)
But section 95(5), so far as relating to those requirements or restrictions, does
not apply to a person outside the United Kingdom.
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Part 4: interpretation
(1)
In this Part—
“notice” means notice in writing,
“relevant communications data” has the meaning given by section 87(11),
“retention notice” has the meaning given by section 87(1).
(2)
See also—
section 261 (telecommunications definitions),
section 262 (postal definitions),
section 263 (general definitions),
section 265 (index of defined expressions).